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no need to wait for the future. If you watch the news of the local variety at least in my area, most of the advertisements are for betting. Same with sports.

iso1631 3y ago
I've occasionally been in a pub when there's been sky sports showing a football match Now, remember to watch sky sports you have to pay something like £50 a month. They then saturate half the program with adverts of people gambling. When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, gambling was something James Bond did at Monte-Carlo with a vodka martini, or something my grandad did with the horses in a seedy shop next to the chippie. The only thing about gambling most people saw was some "pools" thing that was mentioned after the football results. Now people spend £600 a year to be bombarded by messages telling them it's normal to get your phone out and put £10 on who will score the next goal when watching a football game. Maybe it is normal now, but it didn't used to be 20 years ago.
- vr46 3y ago
  They sponsor team strips, and then those players get done for dodgy gambling deals, but don’t mention the advertising… it’s almost like there’s some disconnect…
- Symbiote 3y ago
  Sky (etc) cost considerably more than that for the pub, around £1000-2000/month depending on the size of the pub and the wealth of the area. In the 1990s I remember there were slot machines in some pubs, where men would put in £1 or so and very occasionally win a huge pile of 10p coins.
  - iso1631 3y ago
    Sure, and sky still saturate the viewer with adverts Last time I checked the Annual Report, sky's revenue was something like 90% subscription, 10% adverts.
- throwawaymobule 3y ago
  I had a mild giggle to myself when I read the playstore app rules after they updated something unrelated and sent an email out. Ireland and the UK have an exception to the rule banning gambling apps, and their in-app payments. So you could gamble with money from your phone bill/prepay credit. I'd be interested to learn the history of that.
ZeroGravitas 3y ago
The future they mention is when you look at the old footage and get the same feeling you get when watching old videos of people annoyed that they won't be allowed to drive drunk or have to wear seatbelts, and think "how could they ever think that was normal?" At the moment, those gambling ads are pervasive and, sadly, "normal".

iso1631 3y ago

I've occasionally been in a pub when there's been sky sports showing a football match Now, remember to watch sky sports you have to pay something like £50 a month. They then saturate half the program with adverts of people gambling. When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, gambling was something James Bond did at Monte-Carlo with a vodka martini, or something my grandad did with the horses in a seedy shop next to the chippie. The only thing about gambling most people saw was some "pools" thing that was mentioned after the football results. Now people spend £600 a year to be bombarded by messages telling them it's normal to get your phone out and put £10 on who will score the next goal when watching a football game. Maybe it is normal now, but it didn't used to be 20 years ago.

vr46 3y ago
They sponsor team strips, and then those players get done for dodgy gambling deals, but don’t mention the advertising… it’s almost like there’s some disconnect…
Symbiote 3y ago
Sky (etc) cost considerably more than that for the pub, around £1000-2000/month depending on the size of the pub and the wealth of the area. In the 1990s I remember there were slot machines in some pubs, where men would put in £1 or so and very occasionally win a huge pile of 10p coins.
- iso1631 3y ago
  Sure, and sky still saturate the viewer with adverts Last time I checked the Annual Report, sky's revenue was something like 90% subscription, 10% adverts.
throwawaymobule 3y ago
I had a mild giggle to myself when I read the playstore app rules after they updated something unrelated and sent an email out. Ireland and the UK have an exception to the rule banning gambling apps, and their in-app payments. So you could gamble with money from your phone bill/prepay credit. I'd be interested to learn the history of that.

ZeroGravitas 3y ago

The future they mention is when you look at the old footage and get the same feeling you get when watching old videos of people annoyed that they won't be allowed to drive drunk or have to wear seatbelts, and think "how could they ever think that was normal?" At the moment, those gambling ads are pervasive and, sadly, "normal".